
Sarah La Cioppa
Location
Zürich
Field of Study
Business
Expertise
business development
About
Business Development / Strategy / Growth
Looking for generalist roles as a Chief of Staff, Business Development, Strategy
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Skills
Cross-functional Team Leadership
Project Management Skills
Strategic Growth
Strategy
Open for
fulltime
cofounder
Work Experience
Microsoft
2020-09 - 2022-10
Business Development SaaS
Zürich
fulltime
• Partnering with a portfolio of +30 strategic Software as a Service (SaaS) companies across all industries, enabling them for growth across the three platforms Microsoft Azure, Teams and Dynamics 365 • Driving digital transformation initiatives and solving business problems by developing new cloud economic models together with SaaS partners engaging within all levels of an organization • Research of industry and customer needs to identify where Microsoft has gaps in its portfolio of SaaS solutions and identify opportunities to disrupt the marketplace with new and differentiated solutions that can transform business
Microsoft
2018-09 - 2020-08
Partner Development Manager for Startups
Zürich
fulltime
• Launch of the Microsoft for Startups program in Switzerland by building and growing a startup accelerator program supported by an internal and external network • Setting up a v-team and governance structure within Switzerland and liasing with worldwide teams • Scouting and recruiting Seed/Series A software startups in Switzerland to the Microsoft Azure platform helping a portfolio of +100 startups to grow and scale through the Microsoft partner and customer ecosystem
Microsoft
2017-01 - 2017-08
Business Analyst
Zürich
parttime
• Monitoring and controlling of end customer investment funds from a business and compliance perspective • Support of sales teams in sourcing matching investment programs; liaising with the Swiss subsidiary, Western Europe and worldwide teams • Establishment and implementation of a new process facilitating and accelerating funding requests within the Swiss subsidiary • Support of Swiss finance team in daily business
Lindt & Sprüngli
2016-03 - 2016-08
Key Account Management Internship
Zürich
internship
• Category management projects for various clients increasing the overall category performance • Creation and realization of various shop-in-shop concepts • Regular analysis of sales volume and market share • Preparation of sales negotiation presentations
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
2015-07 - 2015-12
Marketing Internship
Zürich
internship
• Development of marketing training strategies and analysis of synergies • Evaluation of IT-systems incl. planning, conceptualization and implementation of e-learnings • Controlling of the marketing and sales education offer
bestsmile
2022-11 -
Growth & Business Development Lead
Zürich
fulltime
• Shaping the future strategic direction and management of company-wide projects • Continuous evaluation of the existing business model • Documentation and analysis of external events and market changes • Introduction of new processes as well as further development and optimization of existing processes
Academic Experience
University of St. Gallen -
2016.09 - 2018.04
Master of Arts, MA in Marketing, Communications and Services Management
University of St. Gallen -
2012.09 - 2016.04
Bachelor of Arts, BA in Business Administration
EM LYON BUSINESS SCHOOL -
2017.09 - 2017.12
Master of Arts, MA in Management and Entrepreneurship